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Should Pit Bulls Be Illegal To Own In North Carolina?

Although most agree that pit bulls are responsible for the majority of serious and deadly dog bites and dog attacks in North Carolina, not everyone agrees on why pit bulls are so often aggressive or what NC cities and towns should do to reduce the number of dog bite injuries.

One man, Todd Young, is striving to enact a pit bull ban in the North Carolina town of Mount Holly. Young was walking with his leashed dog when he and his pet were attacked by a loose pit bull. His dog suffered serious injuries and Young was wounded on the hand and leg. The man, like many others in the small town, believe that a ban on the entire breed is the best way to reduce pit bull attacks and prevent pit bull bites.

However, lovers of the breed and some animal rights activists believe that pit bulls are not to blame for their dangerous and aggressive behavior: their owners are. Surrounded by a culture of attack dogs, illegal dog fighting, and violence, pit bulls are more likely to suffer abuse and neglect. They are also less likely to be neutered – an operation that makes male dogs less aggressive. Those who do not support pit bull bans say that pit bulls are a victim of their circumstances and that there are many, many responsible pit bull owners who don’t raise dogs that are bite risks.

Still others don’t believe that why pit bulls are aggressive should enter into the argument: whether pit bulls are raised to be aggressive or whether it is an innate part of the breed’s personality, the dogs should be kept out of North Carolina.

In more recent years, Cumberland County received a proposal for a North Carolina breed ban, which would discriminate "bully breeds" from being adopted. The proposal was dismissed and now animal control officials in NC are planning to propose laws that would hold dog owners responsible for aggressive dogs regardless of breed.

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